Freetown, 2 July 2026 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) on Wednesday, 1 July 2026, intensified its disaster risk reduction operations through various site inspections across Freetown, targeting illegal developments, environmental encroachment, and other hazardous practices that pose significant risks to lives, property, and critical national infrastructure. The risk reduction exercise was led by...Read More
FSRP Headquarters, Pipe Lane, Off Wilkinson Road, Freetown, 30th June 2026 – The Food Systems Resilience Program (FSRP) has donated fifteen (15) tablets to the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) to strengthen data collection, early warning, and evidence based decision making in disaster preparedness and food crisis management. The donation, made under Component One –...Read More
Freetown, 29th June 2026 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), in collaboration with one of its partners, Concern Worldwide has provided direct cash assistance to victims affected by a devastating fire incident that struck a residential community along Signal Hill, Main Motor Road, Freetown, on 18th June 2026. According to the NDMA’s assessment, the...Read More
Freetown, June 26, 2026 – The Principal Officer in the Directorate of Research, Monitoring and Evaluation of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Maude Nabie Turay, has successfully completed the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) on Strategic Disaster Management and Response for Middle Managers, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 21 – 27 June 2026....Read More
Freetown, Thursday, June 25, 2026 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) paid a courtesy visit to the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) at its office located at 60A Ring Road, off Spur Road, Spur Loop, Freetown, where the Agency’s delegation met with TİKA’s Director and Program Coordinator for Sierra Leone, Mirzet Muezzinoglu, to...Read More
Freetown, Friday, June 19, 2026 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) today continued its community engagement campaign on flood prevention and disaster preparedness, targeting residents in several communities across the western end of Freetown, including Funkia, Lumley, Metchem, and surrounding areas. The initiative forms part of the Agency’s ongoing efforts to strengthen public awareness...Read More
Freetown, Thursday, June 18, 2026 – The National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has commenced its open space public awareness and sensitization campaign across flood prone communities in Freetown as part of efforts to reduce the risk and impact of flooding during the ongoing rainy season. The campaign, which is being implemented under NDMA’s Flood Mitigation...Read More
Freetown, Monday, June 15, 2026 – The Director General of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), John Vandy Rogers, and a team of senior officials visited Nyapui School for Girls in Kenema on Saturday June 13, 2026, and announced plans to establish an inter agency investigative committee to determine the cause of the recurring fire...Read More
NDMA Headquarters, Aberdeen, Freetown, Thursday, June 4, 2026 – The newly appointed Country Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Mr. Satora Matsuyama, paid a courtesy visit to the leadership of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) at the Agency’s headquarters in Aberdeen, Freetown. Welcoming the delegation, the Deputy Director General of the NDMA,...Read More
Freetown, Thursday, 28 May 2026 – The Deputy Director General of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), Sulaiman B. Sowa, represented Sierra Leone at the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning System and Early Action (AMHEWAS) Technical Working Group meeting held in Mozambique from May 25 to 27, 2026. The high-level continental meeting, organized by the African...Read More
